The Contested Whiteness of Arab Identity in the United States: Implications for Health Disparities Research
The Contested Whiteness of Arab Identity in the United States: Implications for Health Disparities Research
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2019.305285
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发表时间：
2019-11-01
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12.7
通讯作者：
Rabelais, Em
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作者：
Abboud, Sarah;Chebli, Perla;Rabelais, Em
针对少数民族健康和健康差异研究所（NIMHD）新的健康差异研究框架，我们呼吁美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）承认美国的阿拉伯人是一个健康差异人口。阿拉伯人被归类为白色，导致他们的文化隐形，并延续了无证健康差距的循环。我们提供了一些例子，说明这种有争议的身份如何加强与确定这一人口相关的挑战，并有助于制定结构性暴力和无证健康差距。数十年来对美国阿拉伯人的研究提供了一致的证据，表明他们的健康状况不符合白色美国人的健康状况，阿拉伯人并没有从与他们的白色种族分类相关的白人和白色特权中受益。相反，阿拉伯人在美国的经验，需要迫切关注的歧视和健康差距，这只能通过确定人口与种族类别以外的其他白色。我们的结论与建议，美国国立卫生研究院和NIMHD修改其定义的健康差距人口，包括阿拉伯人在美国。
In response to the Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities' (NIMHD) new health disparities research framework, we call on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to acknowledge Arabs in the United States as a health disparity population. Arab classification as White leads to their cultural invisibility and perpetuates a cycle of undocumented health disparities.We provide examples of how this contested identity reinforces challenges associated with identifying this population and contributes to enactments of structural violence and undocumented health disparities. Decades of research with Arabs in the United States provides consistent evidence that their health does not fit the health profile of White Americans and that Arabs do not benefit from Whiteness and White privilege associated with their White racial categorization. On the contrary, Arabs in the United States experience discrimination and health disparities that require urgent attention; this can be achieved only by identifying the population with a racial category other than White.We conclude with recommendations to NIH and NIMHD to revise their definition of health disparity populations to include Arabs in the United States.